Grand jury indicts man for second-degree murder in shooting death of another man last year at home of his estranged wife on Thanksgiving morning; woman indicted for inciting a felony;

Kory Mattox: Indicted for second-degree murder in shooting death of a man last November.

Tammy Martin: Indicted by a grand jury for inciting a felony, the killing of her estranged husband.

It was an odd shooting when it happened early Thanksgiving morning last year. A man living in Slidell was killed at the Violet home of his estranged wife after allegedly striking the wife’s daughter in the head with an expandable baton and was shot once in the chest by the daughter’s boyfriend, Sheriff James Pohlmann said at the time.

No arrest was made at the time pending further investigation

But after considering the case, a St. Bernard Parish grand jury indicted the shooter for second-degree murder and the estranged wife, who wasn’t home at the time of the killing, was indicted for inciting a felony. The indictments were returned Nov. 12.

Kory Mattox, 22, was indicted on the murder charge and has been arrested where he was living in Hancock County in Mississippi and will be transferred to St. Bernard Parish for prosecution, Sheriff Pohlmann said. Bond has been set for him at $350,000.

The dead man was Ricky Moser, 49, who died at the scene of the shooting in his estranged wife a home at 2105 Riverpark Drive in Violet, the sheriff said.

Tammy Martin, 46, the estranged wife of Moser, and who lives at the River Park address, was indicted on the inciting a felony charge and surrendered at St. Bernard Parish Prison Friday after being informed of the indictment. She is being held in lieu of a $100,000 bond set in her case.

Moser allegedly struck to the head Raquel Nicolosi, 21, with an expandable baton while Nicolosi was visiting at the home of her mother, Martin, who wasn’t present during the incident, authorities said.

Mattox claimed justifiable homicide, saying he retrieved a shotgun and shot Moser once in the chest after the attack on Nicolosi, who was treated and released at a local hospital for her injuries, the sheriff said.

Martin had a protective order in effect against Moser at the time of the incident, Sheriff Pohlmann said. The two had been separated for months.

Also, just before the killing, the Sheriff’s Office had obtained warrants for the arrest of Moser from a judge on charges of simple burglary of Martin’s home and violation of the protective order, the sheriff said. He hadn’t been found on those warrants before the shooting. Moser was shown on video surveillance entering Martin’s home about a week earlier and the residence was damaged inside.

District Attorney Perry Nicosia said prosecution of the cases will be handled by his Violent Offender Unit. “Violent crime, including domestic violence, is a priority for the District Attorney’s Office and this case is an example of why domestic violence will be handled with a zero tolerance policy,’’ Nicosia said. He pointed out that in less than one year since he took office three people have been convicted of violent crimes for which each received life sentences.